The price of Philips Hue bulb will show the full price till the last step in the checkout page. The promotion is applied when you place the order. You WILL NOT be charged for the bulb, if you checkout with both the products in your cart.

3 Year protection plan for your Echo Plus. The Plan is valid for new devices only

Protection plan is valid for devices purchased within 60 days from today. Activate within 48 hours after receiving the Activation Kit/Voucher. Claims will be entertained only after activation process is completed

Protects your device against any accidental physical and liquid damages

Protection is also provided for any electrical or mechanical breakdown

Up to 4 claims allowed per membership period. Receive a replacement device within 7 days of making a valid claim

Some of the instances that are not covered: Negligence, any kind of self-repair or self-repair attempt, damage due to fire or natural disasters, intentional damage, loss or theft, normal wear or tear, cosmetic damage, accessories like charger and batteries, manufacturing defects

The price of Philips Hue bulb will show the full price till the last step in the checkout page. The promotion is applied when you place the order. You WILL NOT be charged for the bulb, if you checkout with both the products in your cart.

Echo Plus (1st Gen) – with a built-in smart home hub – Black

EMI starts at ₹565 per month.
EMI starts at ₹565.
No Cost EMI available
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Echo Plus is a hands-free smart speaker that you control using your voice. It connects to Alexa – a cloud based voice service to play music, make calls, check weather and news, set alarms, control smart home devices, and much more.

Echo Plus has built-in smart hub using which you can setup compatible Zigbee enabled smart home devices directly. Just ask Alexa to discover your devices. You can control compatible lights and plugs from Philips, Syska, TP-Link and Oakter, using just your voice.

Just ask for a song, artist, or genre from your favourite music services like Amazon Prime Music, Saavn, and TuneIn. Using multi-room music, you can even play music across multiple Echo devices at the same time.

With seven microphones, beam-forming technology, and noise cancellation, Echo Plus hears you from any direction-even in noisy environments or while playing music.

Call or message anyone hands-free who also has an Echo device or the Alexa App. Simply ask "Alexa, how do I set up calling?" to get started. You can also use Alexa to make Skype calls.

Alexa is always getting smarter and adding new features and skills. Just ask Alexa to order food from Zomato, request a ride from Ola, book a carpenter from Urbanclap, and more.

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Echo Plus is a hands-free speaker you control with your voice, with a built-in smart home hub. It connects to the Alexa Voice Service to play music, make calls, answer questions, provide information, news, sports scores, weather, and more - instantly. All you have to do is ask.

Alexa, the brain behind Echo Plus, is built in the cloud, so it is always getting smarter. The more you use Echo Plus, the more Alexa adapts to your speech patterns and vocabulary. Using Alexa is as simple as asking a question – just ask and Alexa will respond instantly. Learn More

Echo Plus has a built-in hub that makes connecting to compatible smart home devices easy. Just say “Alexa, discover my devices,” and Echo Plus will automatically discover and set up compatible devices, without the need for additional hubs or apps. This simple setup works initially with ZigBee products from Philips Hue. Learn more about simple setup. With “Routines” control your devices at scheduled times or with a single voice command, like turning off the lights when you go to bed or turning on your coffee machine every morning. Echo Plus also works with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth smart home devices from SYSKA LED, Oakter, TP-Link and more. Explore more.

Echo Plus has a 2.5” downward-firing woofer and 0.8” tweeter powered by Dolby to deliver crisp highs, deep bass, and 360° audio to fill your room with music. If you are a Prime member, you already have access to Amazon Prime Music- just ask for your favourite artist or song, or request a specific genre or mood.You can also search for music by album, decade, or let Alexa pick the music for you.

Echo Plus has a 2.5” downward-firing woofer and 0.8” tweeter powered by Dolby to deliver crisp highs, deep bass, and 360° audio to fill your room with music. If you are a Prime member, you already have access to Amazon Prime Music- just ask for your favourite artist or song, or request a specific genre or mood .You can also search for music by album, decade, or let Alexa pick the music for you. Learn more

Introducing Alexa calling and messaging — a new way to be together with family and friends. Use your Echo device to call or message anyone who has an Echo device or the Alexa app. When you’re busy making dinner, just ask Alexa to place a call to Mom or send a quick voice message to a friend. You can also enable Drop In for when you want to instantly connect with other Echo devices in your home, or your closest family and friends. Alexa calling and messaging is available within India at no additional cost—to get started, download the Alexa app on iOS and Android. Learn more

Echo Plus has an array of seven microphones that use beam-forming technology and enhanced noise cancellation. This allows Echo Plus to hear you from across the room, even in noisy environments, or while playing music. When you want to use Echo Plus, simply say the wake word “Alexa” and it responds instantly.

Alexa has thousands of skills with more added regularly. Skills add even more capabilities like ordering food from Zomato, requesting a ride from Ola, booking a carpenter from Urbanclap and more. Learn more

Amazon Prime members get access to Amazon Prime Music, an ad-free music streaming service. They can also order millions of products using only voice, enjoy free fast delivery on eligible Prime orders, and Alexa can even track your delivery for you

Technical Details

Amazon Echo Plus

Size

235 x 84 x 84 mm

Weight

954 gActual size and weight may vary by configuration and manufacturing process

Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) support for audio streaming from your mobile device to Echo Plus or from Echo Plus to your Bluetooth speaker. Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) for voice control of connected mobile devices. Hands-free voice control is not supported for Mac OS X devices. Bluetooth speakers requiring PIN codes are not supported.

Audio

2.5” woofer and 0.8” tweeter.

System Requirements

The Alexa App is compatible with Android and iOS devices and also accessible via your desktop browser. Certain skills and services are subject to change, may not be available in all areas and may require separate subscriptions or other fees.

However as all reviews will tell you what the Amazon Echo Plus does, so let me start with the most important things that it DOES’NT DO: -

●Amazon has NOT launched the Amazon Household feature in India. This means that Alexa is locked on only to your voice and your wife and kids might not be able to use it. It is not mentioned in the details anywhere and the advertisements show otherwise. They are working on a solution for India also which might release any time now. **********However, that being said, there is a work around (Jugaad) for this which I have discovered. You can login to the Amazon.co.uk site with your India Amazon credentials and add family members in the Household feature there. Amazingly after that, Alexa in India starts recognising multiple voices. You can thank me for this discovery. It’s working perfectly for me. Wife and Kids are having a blast.

● Alexa cannot control the Amazon Firestick in India even though the feature is available across the world. Have chatted with Amazon customer care and both of these feature will be available soon. It would be fantastic to just to ask Alexa to play a particular movie etc and have it play on a Firestick connected TV. Pure science fiction. Waiting on edge for this feature to be launched in India.

●Till last week Amazon could play individual songs and playlist from many sources but you could not create your own personal playlists or add songs to a particular playlist. With the Launch of Amazon Music this problem has been solved. Amazon Music is included free in your Prime membership and you can simply login and create as many playlists as you want on the website/or using Alexa and simply ask Alexa to play that particular playlist according to your mood. It was really frustrating not having facility for personal playlist as when I wanted to listen to 5 of my favourite songs, I would have to individually tell Alexa, one by one to play the songs. Thank god this is resolved.

Observations:●Indian-ized accent can be sensed in Alexa’s voice. Easily recognizes sentences with heavy Indian accents too. Glad Amazon took care of personalizing this aspect.●The routines and schedules which you can create on the Alexa App are basic as of now. Example: If user say’s “XXXX”, then say “XXXX” and then do this, with options limited to News/Smarthome/Weather. I would really like... if user says “XXXX”, then do this and do this and do this etc.. Longer routines should be configurable. This might come soon too but is currently limited.●Certain instructions to Alexa need to be very specific and clear. Vague questions might elicit an “I don’t know or I don’t understand” response. Often rephrasing the question will get you the answer you were expecting.

With new technologies you’ve got to be a bit patient. These niggles are totally acceptable to me as the fantabulous benefits and features totally outweigh these problems.

Started Home automation project with my Bedroom First:I have configured one Philips Hue 10W B22 bulb (White & Color) in my room right now. Installation was easy. Plugged in bulb. Asked Alexa to “detect devices” and bulb was discovered as “light 1”. Asked Alexa to rename as “light”. Started using directly without even opening the Philips Hue App yet thanks to the inbuilt hub on the Echo Plus. Favourite commands with bulb: Alexa, -> Switch ON light -> switch OFF light -> Change color of light to XXX -> Increase brightness of light -> Decrease brightness of light. Also in Alexa app have created routine where when I say “Alexa, Good Morning” then Alexa switches the light ON, greets me with a phrase that I have set and plays the news from my NDTV Flash briefing. Have also tried scheduling light with Alexa. Simple command “Alexa, wake me up a 6:30”. Alexa switches ON light gradually at 6:30 with alarm. Can configure to start the day with a song too after it switches ON light.

DOES EVERYTHING ELSE IT PROMISES!!

My verdict: If you’re a gadgets freak, or crazy about home automation, a sci-fi fan, a show-off, a trendsetter in your group/family/area/office, any and all of the above, then don’t think.. Just get this now...It’ll blow your mind!!

Next in Bedroom automation Project:-Have ordered one 10 amp wifi Smart Wireless Switch which works With Amazon Alexa to automate powering ON another light (Tubelight) from the power source itself, rather than buying an expensive bulb.-Have ordered one 16 amp wifi Smart Wireless switch which I will use to power on the Air Conditioner using voice command on Echo Plus.-In Process of buying wifi 3 In 1 Smart Plug power strip to power ON TV/Set top box/Firestick etc with Alexa.

Will update this review with more observations soon! Hope this review helps :)

The Echo Plus has worked well in the few days I've had it. It's the face of the future however it refuses to discover/connect to the Phillips Hue bulb I ordered with Amazon's offer. I've tried everything, visited most forums and many folk are having this problem. I downloaded the Phillips Hue app too but it demands a Hue bridge before connecting. Frustrating start to a future intelligent home!Since I wrote this I've had Amazon replace the Hue Bulb. The new one, after reset thru the Alexa app, works perfectly.The Hue bridge isn't required. This bulb works fine with the Plus's built in hub.

Amazon Echo Plus is the best thing that ever happened to the music world in these years. In fact it is an evolved hybrid of music system and home-automation with an integrated AI.Delivery: As promised by AmazonProduct finish: It looks good but a little colour choice would have been much better.Packing: Since I gave it as a Birthday Gift to my wife, therefore was a bit worried about the Gift-wrapping option...but Amazon did not disappoint me on that.About Product: After doing a little research on three top smart music systems in the market viz Alexa, Google Home, Apple Homepod I decided to zero down on Alexa as being a prime member I already had the benefit of prime music etc. Moreover the ease of accessibility and its AI is just tuned right to suit different accents and patterns that even little kids can give commands to make it play songs, or use smart home devices synced to it. In my case I am using the Philips Hue Light Bulb (which came free with it), and I find it better to switch-on or off with a simple voice command instead of finding the switchboard in the dark...in case I wake up at night.I found it so pretty useful that I ordered Alexa again but this time it was Echo, but since i find Echo Plus better due to availability of smart-home option, so I had to cancel the order thereafter and am still waiting for Amazon guys to bring up more colour choices.Well don't want my review to be un-necessary lengthy...it was a gift for my wife and she totally loved so would rate it 5 stars.

Posting review after using it for approx. 5 months. Its awesome device but yes it requires bit of technical skills to further improvise it. Still lacks in lot of feature that are available in USA like voice recognition & household. Connected nearly 5 smart home devices and they are working superb. Still more improvements required in understanding Indian ascent "English". Overall its good..love to play songs, reminders, alarms, hear news, control smart devices and a lot more.

Awesome Product. It can recognize voice of my 4 year kid, just imagine. The functionalities should and will increase I am sure, but the sound quality, the mic strength are really something which amazon has worked good on. Using for some time now, and rarely it doesn't recognize what we mean. Love the connection to the lights also. I have my dining room light connected to it, and while going out just saying Alexa turn off the lights is awesome. My daughter loves to tell alexa to play poems. 1 product many happy faces!